New Delhi: The AAP government has banned the use of power generators in the national capital since Thursday after the implementation of anti-pollution measures under the Graphene Response Plan (GRAP) in Delhi-NCR. Area.
The GRAP was implemented in Delhi and surrounding cities based on the severity of air pollution and was implemented by the Ministry of Environment and Forests in 2017 through the Environmental Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority on behalf of the Supreme Court.
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The official order said: “The Delhi Pollution Control Committee will thereby restrict the operation of all power generators in Delhi on diesel, gasoline or kerosene from October 15 to other orders.
Important services include health facilities, elevators, rail services, the Delhi Metro, airports and interstate bus stations and a data center run by the National Information Center.
The DPCC has also guided power companies to ensure that the power supply to consumers is uninterrupted.
He also ordered the EPCA to implement GRAP implementation guidelines starting Thursday.
The EPCA has previously said that major construction projects, including highways and subways, should make a promise to the National Pollution Control Board / Pollution Control Committee to ensure that they comply with the established rules for dust management.
“Industries, especially red and orange products, promise to use only authorized fuels and not operate without adequate pollution control measures,” it said.
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Authorities have categorized industries based on pollution indicators based on emissions, emissions, hazardous waste emissions and resource consumption.
According to relative scores, professions are classified as red if their score is higher than or equal to 60, if the score is 41 to 59, those with a score of 21 to 40, and those who are below 20 are green. And white species separately.
The EPCA also ensures that states carry out and fully implement action plans for pollution points identified by land surveillance and night patrols, “ensuring zero pollution sources such as waste incineration and dust.”
It is said that air pollution control in winter needs to be significantly increased on the ground, so sources such as industrial piles, garbage dumps and illegal fuel use will be investigated and punished.
All dust management technologies, including dust, should be widely used.
Measures at GRAP were first implemented in Delhi-NCR in 2017, including increasing bus and metro services, stopping parking fees and halting the use of diesel generator sets when air quality deteriorates.
When the situation is “serious”, GRAP recommends closing the brick kilns, quarries and hot mix plants, spraying water, regularly mechanizing the roads and generating electricity from natural gas.
Measures to be taken in the event of an emergency include halting the entry of trucks into Delhi, restricting construction activities and implementing a bizarre and even car distribution plan.
But the EPCA had earlier told Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh that “as the economy is under pressure after the lockdown, we need to try and avoid other urgent measures to control pollution. Therefore, our joint efforts will ensure that there will be no further unrest. ”
